Provides methods used to render a tab control with visual styles. This class cannot be inherited.
See Also: TabRenderer Members
Syntax
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The System.Windows.Forms.TabRenderer class provides a set of static methods that can be used to render a tab control with the current visual style of the operating system. Rendering a control refers to drawing the user interface of a control. This is useful if you are drawing a custom control that should have the appearance of the current visual style. To draw a tab control, use the TabRenderer.DrawTabPage(System.Drawing.Graphics, System.Drawing.Rectangle) method to draw the page, and use the erload:System.Windows.Forms.TabRenderer.DrawTabItem method to draw each tab.
If visual styles are enabled in the operating system and visual styles are applied to the client area of application windows, the methods of this class will draw the tab control with the current visual style. Otherwise, the methods and properties of this class will throw an InvalidOperationException. To determine whether the members of this class can be used, check the value of the TabRenderer.IsSupported property.
This class wraps the functionality of a System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer that is set to one of the elements exposed by the System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleElement.Tab class. For more information, see Rendering Controls with Visual Styles.
Requirements
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0